European Handbook of Neurological Management, Volume 2

Description

Evidence-based, peer reviewed, best practice management guidelines for neurologists Diagnosis is only part of the puzzle. Effective treatment is what your patients really want. The European Federation of Neurological Societies has been publishing management guidelines in the European Journal of Neurology for many years. Developed by a consensus approach, using graded evidence, and then fully peer reviewed, these guidelines provide gold-standard, best-practice guidance to the treatment of neurological disorders. They help bridge the gap between what is done and what should be done for patients with neurological disorders.

The basic guidelines have been expanded with 'Recommendations' based on strong evidence and 'Good Practice Points' where only weaker evidence is available. The Guidelines in this volume include, amongst others:

• Neurostimulation therapy for neuropathic pain
• Molecular diagnosis for a range of neurological conditions
• Intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of neurological diseases
• Sleep disorders in neurodegenerative disorders and stroke
• Management of low-grade gliomas
• Treatment of miscellaneous idiopathic headache disorders

The European Handbook of Neurological Management provides a thoroughly rounded and grounded approach to best-practice neurological management using evidence-based principles

Table of contents

• Introduction, 1

1. Guidance for the preparation of neurological management guidelines by EFNS Scientific Task Forces: revised recommendations 2004, 5
2. Neurostimulation therapy for neuropathic pain, 11
3. Trigeminal neuralgia management, 31
4. Molecular diagnosis of neurogenetic disorders: general issues, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease and dystonias, 51
5. Molecular diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders, 61
6. Molecular diagnosis of ataxias and spastic paraplegias, 73
7. Molecular diagnosis of channelopathies, epilepsies, migraine, stroke and dementias, 87
8. Molecular diagnosis of neurogenetic disorders: motoneuron, peripheral nerve and muscle disorders, 97
9. Intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of neurological diseases, 111
10. Sleep disorders in neurodegenerative disorders and stroke, 129
11. Management of community-acquired bacterial meningitis, 145
12. Diagnosis and management of European lyme neuroborreliosis, 159
13. Disease-specifi c cerebrospinal fluid investigations, 175
14. Neuroimaging in the management of motor neuron diseases, 199
15. Management of low-grade gliomas, 213
16. Treatment of tension-type headache, 225
17. Diagnosis, therapy and prevention of Wernicke's encephalopathy, 239
18. Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage, 253
19. Diagnostic approach to pauci- or asymptomatic hyperCKemia, 279
20. Diagnosis and management of neuromyelitis optica, 287
21. Screening for tumours in paraneoplastic syndromes, 309
22. Treatment of miscellaneous idiopathic headache disorders, 321
23. Treatment of medication overuse headache, 337

• Index, 345